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Prix Littéraire Des Collégiens
The Prix littéraire des collégien·ne·s is a Canadian literary award, presented annually to a work of French-language Canadian literature selected by a committee of students from colleges and CEGEPs in Quebec. Presented for the first time in 2004,Isabelle Porter"Ook Chung remporte le Prix des collégiens" '' Le Devoir'', April 17, 2004. the award was created as a merger of the Intercollegial Prize (Prix littéraire intercollégial), created in 2002 by Collège Montmorency,"Le Prix littéraire intercollégial à Stéphane Bourguignon". '' La Presse'', May 6, 2003. and the Prix des cégépiens, created in 2003 by the Cégep de Sherbrooke The Cégep de Sherbrooke is a public pre-university college located in the city of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Its website indicates that it has an annual student population of more than 6,500 and over 750 paid staff members. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Poulin
Jacques Poulin (born 23 September 1937 in Saint-Gédéon, Quebec) is a Canadian novelist with a quiet and intimate style of writing. Poulin studied psychology and arts at the Université Laval in Quebec City; he started his career as commercial translator and later became a college guidance counselor. Only after the success of his second novel, ''Jimmy'' (1969), was he able to devote himself completely to his writing. Poulin has written fourteen novels, many of which have been translated into English by Sheila Fischman, and published by Cormorant Books. Poulin lived in Paris for 15 years, but now lives in Quebec City. Poulin's ''Volkswagen Blues'' was selected as a candidate in the CBC's 2005 edition of ''Canada Reads'', where it was championed by Roch Carrier, author and former National Librarian of Canada. Awards and recognition *Winner of the Governor General's Award in 1978 for ''Les grandes marées''. *Nominated for the Governor General's Award in 1984 for ''Volkswagen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francine D'Amour
Francine D'Amour (born November 6, 1946) is a Quebec educator and writer. The daughter of Jean D'Amour and Marthe Pinard, she was born in Beauharnois and studied modern literature at the Université de Nice and French literature at the University of Ottawa. D'Amour has taught at a number of CEGEPs in Quebec, including the Collège Montmorency in Laval. She published her first novel ''Les Dimanches sont mortels'' in 1987; it received the Grand Prix littéraire Guérin and the Prix de l'Académie des lettres du Québec. Her second novel ''Les Jardins de l'enfer'' was a finalist for the prize awarded by the readers of Elle (France). D'Amour has contributed to several literary journals such as ''Arcade'', ''Les écrits'', ''Le Sabord'' and ''Moebius''. D'Amour has been invited to various literary festivals, book fairs and literary conferences in Canada, the United States, France and Morocco. Selected works Source: * ''Écrire comme un chat'', stories (1994) * ''Presque ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pan Bouyoucas
Pan Bouyoucas (born 16 August 1946 in Lebanon) is a Greek-Canadian author An author is the writer of a book, article, play, mostly written work. A broader definition of the word "author" states: "''An author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility f ..., playwright and translator. History Bouyoucas was born to Greek parents and emigrated to Canada in 1963. After studies in architecture, in Montreal and New York City, he obtained a BFA (theatre and film) at Concordia University, and worked a few years as a film critic. In the 1970s he published two novels, then wrote mostly for radio and the theatre, both in French and English. Since 1995, he has published ten novels, a collection of short stories, and a book for children. He has been nominated for several Canadian and international awards and his theatrical plays have been translated and staged in several countries. According to Kathleen Kellett of Ryerson U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Tremblay
Michel Tremblay (born 25 June 1942) is a French-Canadian novelist and playwright. Tremblay was born in Montreal, Quebec, where he grew up in the French-speaking neighbourhood of Plateau Mont-Royal; at the time of his birth, a neighbourhood with a working-class character and joual dialect - something that would heavily influence his work. Tremblay's first professionally produced play, ''Les Belles-Sœurs'', was written in 1965 and premiered at the Théâtre du Rideau Vert on August 28, 1968. It transformed the old guard of Canadian theatre and introduced joual ''Joual'' () is an accepted name for the linguistic features of Quebec French that are associated with the French-speaking working class in Montreal which has become a symbol of national identity for some. ''Joual'' is stigmatized by some and ... to the mainstream. It stirred up controversy by portraying the lives of working-class women and attacking the strait-laced, deeply religious society of mid-20th century Queb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lise Tremblay
Lise Tremblay (born 13 June 1957) is a French Canadian novelist. Tremblay was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec. Her first awards were presented at the Saguenay-Lac. St Jean book festival for her 1990 debut novel ''L'hiver de pluie''. Her 1999 novel, ''La danse juive'' won that year's Governor General's Award for fiction. In recent years, she has been teaching literature in Montreal at Cégep du Vieux Montréal. Awards and recognition * 1999: fiction winner, Governor General's Award, ''La danse juive'' * 2003: Grand prix du livre de Montréal , ''La héronnière'' * 2004: Prix des libraires du Québec , ''La héronnière'' * 2004: Prix Jean-Hamelin , ''La héronnière'' Bibliography *''L'hiver de pluie''. Montreal: XYZ, 1990. *''La pêche blanche''. Montreal: Leméac, 1994. *''La danse juive''. Montreal: Leméac, 1999. (''Mile End'', trans. Gail Scott, Vancouver: Talonbooks, 2002. ) *''La héronnière'' Montreal: Leméac, 2003. (''The Hunting Ground'', trans. Linda Gaboria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yves Gosselin
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Yves may refer to: * Yves, Charente-Maritime, a commune of the Charente-Maritime department in France * Yves (given name), including a list of people with the name * ''Yves'' (single album), a single album by Loona * ''Yves'' (film), a 2019 French film See also * Yves Tumor, U.S. musician * * Eve (other) * Evette (other) * Yvette (other) * Yvon (other) * Yvonne (other) Yvonne is a female given name. Yvonne may also refer to: * Yvonne (band), a 1993—2002 Swedish group featuring Henric de la Cour * Yvonne (cow) a German cow that escaped and was missing for several weeks in 2011 * ''Yvonne'' (musical), a 1926 We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Gravel
François Gravel (born October 4, 1951) is a Canadian writer from Quebec."François Gravel: l’art de raconter la terrible maladie de Parkinson" '''', March 24, 2019. Most noted as an author of literature for children and young adults, he has also published a number of adult novels. An economics graduate of the , Gravel taught economics at [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Gauthier (writer)
Louis Gauthier (12 April 1916 – 6 August 2005) was a French racing cyclist. He rode in the 1947 Tour de France. He finished in second place in the 1946 Paris–Roubaix The 1946 Paris–Roubaix was the 44th edition of the Paris–Roubaix, a classic one-day cycle race in France. The single day event was held on 21 April 1946 and stretched from Paris to the finish at Roubaix Velodrome. The winner was Georg .... References External links * 1916 births 2005 deaths French male cyclists Sportspeople from Saône-et-Loire Cyclists from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté {{France-cycling-bio-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Delisle
Michael Delisle (born 1959 in Longueuil) is a Canadian writer from Quebec. He is a two-time nominee for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction, for ''Le sort de fille'' at the 2006 Governor General's Awards and for ''Le Feu de mon père'' at the 2014 Governor General's Awards,"Governor-General Literary Awards finalists unveiled" '''', October 7, 2014. and won the Grand prix du livre de Montréal in 2014 for ''Le Feu de mon père''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France Daigle
France Daigle (born 18 November 1953) is a Canadian author of Acadian ethnicity. Born and raised in Moncton, New Brunswick, she has published nine novels and three plays. She writes in French and has pioneered the use of the Chiac in her written dialogue. She uses standard French in her narration. She was awarded the 1999 France-Acadie award for her novel ''Pas Pire'' and the 2002 Éloize award for ''Un fin passage.'' She has written three plays with the avant garde theatre company Moncton Sable. She was formerly writer in residence at the University of Ottawa. Daigle was awarded the 2011 Lieutenant-Governor's Award for High Achievement in the Arts for French Language Literary Arts. The following year she won the Governor General's Literary Prize in French fiction for her novel ''Pour sûr'', the result of ten years of work. ''Pour sûr'' was selected for the 2019 edition of ''Le Combat des livres'', where it was defended by musician Édith Butler. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
